Definition of innkeepernext
as in taverner
the owner or manager of an inn the innkeeper was a very genial, accommodating host

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Recent Examples of innkeeper The celebratory July 4 meal would certainly have kept the innkeeper, Daniel Smith, busy replenishing the finest bottles of Madeira from behind the locked bar—perhaps overhearing snippets of chatter among the delegates. Victoria Flexner, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025 The innkeeper who greets the same families every season. Big Think, 9 Oct. 2025 Sarah and Chris Cooper, innkeepers of the Margin Street Inn, explained the balance of life in a town where global celebrity meets generations of tradition. Bryan West, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025 On Tsuge’s page, that story concerns a male manga artist in search of inspiration, traveling to a remote village and staying with an eccentric innkeeper (barely) operating a business on its outskirts. Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 17 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for innkeeper
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landlord
Noun
  • Tiana Noble, a Starbucks spokesperson, said the landlord terminated the company’s lease when the building burned down.
    Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
  • As recent research shows, protections for nonpaying or scofflaw tenants force landlords to raise rents for everybody else.
    Judge Glock, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2026

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“Innkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innkeeper. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.

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